By employing Environmental Supply Chain Management , businesses can engage suppliers and encourage them to employ clean environmentally friendly technologies and promoting environmental responsibility . Actions that can be taken by companies working in partnership with suppliers include :
1 . Identifying sources of pollution and waste and implementing measures to prevent them
2 . Improving environmental performance , extending responsibility in the supply chain
3 . Encouraging suppliers to use cost-efficient cleaner production , pollution prevention , and ecofriendly technologies
These are expected to lead to strategic and continuous environmental improvements in the supply chain .
Improving the framework of Environmental Supply Chain Management will not only improve a company ' s environmental impact , but it also confers several business advantages including :
1 . Improved business and public image
2 . Reduced risk of legal non-compliance and defaults
3 . The attraction of a growing number of environmentally aware customers
4 . Improved productivity , efficiency , and
5 . Creation of more sustainable products and revenues
The role played by successful businesses in contributing to sustainable longterm development will encourage more companies to address the environmental impacts of their supply chains .
Conclusion
The disruption to supply chains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic could last several quarters . Supply chain managers and strategists would do well to treat the impact , not as an aberration , but as an expected event in a world where political upheavals , health issues , technological disruptions , and climate change are regular occurrences . It is time to adjust companies ' processes to fit this new normal .
Finally , as businesses move into recovery mode , and hopefully into a period of sustained growth , there will be a need to strengthen operational resilience . The importance of supply chain resilience and risk management is more important now than ever .
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